The Entail Act 1685 (c. 26) [12mo ed: c. 22] was an act of the Parliament of Scotland which codified tailzies and. The act was one of the Entail Acts.The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2 It allowed entail settling heritable property inalienably on a specified line of heirs, restricting the rights of heirs.
Subsequent developments This act was disapplied by section 2 of the Entail (Scotland) Act 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 43).
The whole act was repealed by section 76(2)] of, and part I of schedule 13 to, the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000, which came into force on 28 November 2004.{Cite legislation Scotland|act=Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000|type=act|year=2000|chapter=5}}
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References Halsbury's Statutes
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